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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21

the vessel. All Jacks chattels were
ferreted out, and All Jack, standing at
a distance on the wharf, had the saUis-
faction to see All Luis writs take his
men and their baggage down the gang
way by the customs officers. and on
the wharf All Jack, in his excessive
joy. then exclaimed to bystander:
Now me alice litee. All Lui thinkee
me foolee. Me too muchee sabe law.
Me long time cook at Auburn for 10
Hamilton. He tellee me muchee law.
Me too muchee sabe lestliction act.
Just now my men free on the wharf;
me no payee All Lui - cent"
In the meantime All Lui having
marched the chattels to a convenient
place on the wharf had them halted
while he went to All Jack for his
money. The demand being made, All
Jack in his choice Uing Yung dialect
informed All Lui that the men were
now on the wharf and were free and
that he would not pay one cent. Upon
this declaration All Lui suddenly real
lied that he had made mistake in
identifying the men on the vessel, and
returning forthwith to the chattels
''about faced" them and marched them
back on the vessel telling the customs
officers that he had made mistake as
these were not the men his writs called
for The officers knowing that they
were the same men just taken off the
vessel, permitted them to return. After
a short examination on board the YES
sci All Lui marched down the gang
plank by the customs officers another
lot of Chinese supposed to belong to
him. All Jack observing these move
ments uttered the agonizing soliloquy:
''Me sabe; me catchee law; All Lui
catchee court. All Lui beatee me.
Catchee law, no good. Catchee court;
velly good ale time. Me losee money
just now; me have go lawyer and payee
regular court prices get my men ashore.
10 Hamilton law no good"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
An OrthoepicaI Discovery.

One OF the most remarkable of
recent discoveries in the science Of
language has been made by the scien-
tlsfs attached to the GRAY Library at
cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South
AFRICA, by y scientific ANALYSIS of the
nature OF the Hottentot language.
Hottentot speech is characterized by
peculiar click sounds which gave the
early navlgators the impression that
these creatures were not human be-
lngs, but highly developed species of
apes. IT Darwin's theories had existed
at that time they would have been
thought to be the missing link be-
tween the human race and animal
creation. The analysis of the clicks
shows that these sounds are caused by
the manner in which consonants are
formed in the Hottentot LANGUAGE.
The vowels are the same as in other
languages, and consonants are formed
with lips, tongue, and teeth; but in
stead OF expressing the consonants bv
breathing out, the Hottentots produce
the sound by breathing in. This NAV
seem impossible at first, but little
practice will demonstrate that all the
consonants we use may thus be COM
blned with vowelS and distinctly heard.
A sucking or click sound results.
which, though strange, is not alto
gether unknown, for most persons use
these sounds, and often express pity
by placing the tongue against the
back of the teeth. This forms the
Hottentot letter II" which is the same
as our letter It, except that the air is
sucked instead of being exhaled. In
driving horses most persons use some
of the Hottentot clicks, which are dis
tinctly heard and require very little
vocal effort. The letter ''b" in En-
glish is formed by placing the lips to-
gether and breathing out; in Hottentot
the lips occupy the same position and
the breath is inhaled. This is one of
the sounds often made to drive horses.
The name of the celebrated Zulu chief,
Cetywayo, is pronounced with the
clicks as if spelled ''Ketch-why-o
By what means this name has been
written "Cetywayo" is Il mystery, as
the sound is totally different from that
which is expressed by this photography.
This analysis shows that the Hotten-
tots have been an isolated people in
Africa because the first principles of
their speech differ from those of all
other races of men. The subject
opens the widest range for conjecture
as to the origin and history of this
race, and the facts are so strange rs
to even color with some probability
the wild, weird fancies of Rider Hag-
gard in his novel she. "-EE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Don'ts for the Sick Room,

Don't appear anxious, however great
your anxiety. Assume a cheerful ex-
preston, and get off an old joke about
the patient being a great liar, or some
other antedeluvian humor. Such things
have tendency to arouse patient
from thoughts of his condition if any,
thing will.
Don't let stale flowers remain in
d bad for plants, and if they are given
fresh water and pure air they may
revive.
Don't jar the bed by leaning or sit
ting upon it. If you want to jar the
bed a kick or thump is more effect
i've.
Don't let the patient know that you
are watching him. Go to sleep and
snore and he will be sure to keep
awake and watch the clock for medi-
cine time.
Don't have the sick-room tempera-
ture over 60 degrees. If you should
let it 90 up to 80, and then jestingly
remark that you were preparing the
patient for the immediate future, it
might make him nervous. Sick peo-
pie are not apt to appreciate joke.
Don't neglect during the day to at
tend to necessaries for the night. See
to it that a good substantial lunch is
prepared, and a reasonable amount of
drinkables are on hand. The sick al
ways get along better when the nurse
is we'll cared for
Don't ask a convalescent if he would
like this or that to eat or drink, but
prepare the delicacies and present
them in a tempting way. To fasten a
delicacy on the end of a string and
let it dangle in front of the patients
nose is very effective, and then to
jerk it away when he reaches for it
causes much amusement and relieves
the monotony of the sick-room.
Don't be unmindful of yourself if
you are in the responsible position of
nurse. Take care that you get your
proper amount of sleep, and let the
patient wake you if you oversleep
yourself. Sick people are naturally
wakeful, and even if the patient did
would be better than to break down
the nurses health and thus make two
invallds instead of one.
Don't give the patient full glass of
water to drink from. If he is very
thirsty, alleviate the thirst by telling
him that there is more in the reser-
yoir.
Don't allow the patient to get low
spirited, Tickle him under the nose,
punch him in the short ribs with your
thumb, or do something else Of q con-
vivial character to enliven the sick
man and keep him in bright humor.
And finally,
Don't pay attention to all the fool
advice you read in the papers. Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21

ing IN the nasal, drawing tones so
natural to village choirs, and | sat
dreaming.
"Are you comingp" asked my COM
panion; then, as l arose mechanically
to obey; Don't you like him. Miss
kenwood? Do tell mel You listened
attentively, and once. as | looked at
you, | thought you were going to faint
away, you looked so pale. Are You
ill?"
Yes, | like him." / added aloud.
while my heart whispered: God pity
me, | love him!s
We were out once more in the bright
sunshine, coming quite unexpectedly
upon little group, composed of the
weather. members of the congreoa-
ton gathered around the new eurate.
They had learned that he was a man
OF wealth and standing, choosing his
calling simply as matter of taste.
Some one-I think it was the pastors
wife-presented me to him. Our eyes
met; our hands touched-as, resting
those serious eye: upon me, he said:
Il have had the pleasure of meet
ing Miss Kenwood before"
CduuOI Gcll you now 1t happened
that we were al walking cut through
the churchyard toward the highway.
and | found myself alone with Rob
err. He was the first to break the
silence. 1t panied me to think it was
a commonplace remark.
How is Kathleen" l asked, en-
deavoring to show him how little l
cared for the past and how, without
betraying the slightest emotion, [ could
inquire after his wife's health.
''Kathleen?" He looked rather
dazed at the question. Il believe she
is well, but not happy in her mar
riage, poor girl!'
Not happy?" l said, as l toyed
nervously with the roses in my bodice.
"She should be very happy as-as-
your wife, Ifaltered.
''As my wife, he said, gazing in
blank amazement Did vou--Oh,
Matte. you have Judged me wrongly.
| never married Kathleen"
He looked like a man upon whom a
sudden truth had dawned, or one ac-
cused Of a great wrong, who was able
to prove his innocence.
The scene in the orchard, | after
ward learned, was but simple ruse
gotten up by Robert and Kathleen to
excite my jealousy, little dreaming of
the serious result.
Robert is now my husband.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Chinese Chattels.

SAYS the San Francisco Chronicle:
Surveyor Tinnin is telling a good story
illustrative of the habeas corpus frauds,
and the wholesale plan on which they
are conducted. Upon the steamer
City of Sidney, which recently arrived
with a large consignment of guaranty
letter" men, were number who were
the property of one All Jack, who,
with Wong All Kay, presbyterian"
All Lui and Palace Hotel All Duck
and many others, is engaged in i'm
porting Chinese in violation of the re-
striction act. As soon as vessel
docks the favored brokers rush to the
federal courts and swear out writs of
habeas corpus by the dozen and re-
gardless of any special Chinese on
board the vessel. They then 90 to the
gentry before named and sell the priv
ilege of their writs to the highest bid
der. On this occasion All Lui, who
poses as an an1icus curi9, as usual
rushes to the federal court on the ar
rival of the steamer and obtains his
writS, sufficient to cover the number
of men consigned to him. All Jack
met All Lui, and, being anxious for IN
early landing of his cargo, a bargain
was soon made with All Lui for the use
of his writs, payment to be made when
the men were landed. ''Habeas Cor
pus Pat" the eXpressman who serves
these writs in the name of the court
being present, they were soon on board
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Early Days i'm Shasta.


Maj. Pearson B. Reading was the
first white settler of Shasta county,
says Il writer in the San Francisco
Chronicle. He located home in 1916
at a point near the junction of the
Sacramento river and Cottonwood
creek. | have sat by the hour and
heard him relate his early experiences
from the time he and Maj. Bidwell
were clerks for j. A. Suffer until a
few months before his death; how he
and his Indians had taken out gold by
the bucketful about Horsetown; how
he would pour the dust into the scales
of the packers to balance in weight
the articles he purchased from them;
how Bloody island, in sight and oppo-
site his homestead, received its name;
how he got q broken thigh in his en-
counter with Il grizzly, and how fond
he was of his Henry repeater, which
he bought expressly to get even with
the bear. He has told me how he
prospected on the Sierra foothills with
out success in finding gold, but brought
trout in buckets of water from Lost
and Hat creeks and stocked one of the
Manzanita lakes with the fierce-eyed,
silver-sided fish, and now they have
become numerous, and hundreds of
Shasta's citizens have eaten them,
without money and without price. AS
late as 1850 tribes of the northern
Indians would visit the Reading grant
and were allowed by the major to 90
into his band of cattle and slay and
eat as they wished.
DR.. Benjamin Shurtleff, respected
pioneer, now of Napa, relates this
story concerning the election of Shasta
county's first assemblyman, in Septem-
Der, 1850: Some two weeks before the
election large number of business
and representative men of the town
met at the st. Charles hotel and placed
in nomination Mr.. Watson as candi-
date for the assembly. 1t was al
excellent nomination. He was intelli-
gent and consistent. He was model
Christian, who brought his Christi
anity to California and always kept it
with him. Watson would have been
IN excellent candidate in any of the
older states, north or south, but he did
not prove available for CalifOrnians.
\ few days after the nomination of
Mr.. Watson the people of Shasta saw
young, stoOp-shouldered, lean, dan
gle-legged young man ride into town
up Main street, upon small, lean
mule, his feet almost touching the
ground. lie stopped in front of
saloon, dismounted, and tied his mule
to an aWning-post.
BY this time, curiosity being some
what excited, quite little crowd had
assembled. Turning to the by-stand-
ers he said
Il understand you had meeting in
town the other night and nominated
candidate for the assembly,"
Yes, was the reply. eve nomi-
mated Mr.. Watson"
He then said: Boys, I'm candi-
date for the assembly. My name is
A. Il. McCandless, and whisky is my
platform, and whisky is going to win
this fight. Let's all go in and take a
drink"
All joined him without dissenting
voice. This started the McCandless
boom, which kept rising higher and
higher, and sticking to his platform he
was triumphantly elected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Use of Toilet Scan.

The opinion that of such necessary
article as soap for the toilet one can
not use too much, is an opinion which
late researches in science disprove
The attraction of the alkali in it for
the skin as well as for its unclean &C
foundations, constitutes it's cleansing
property. Out of the 1000, 900 pores
through which nearly two pounds of
poisonous exhalation daily pass from
the adult come enough materials in a
short time, to produce fatal and filthy
diseases. An eminent physician has
declared that eff the skin be moder-
ately active, three or four days suffice
to form a layer which may be COM
pared to a thin coating of varnish or
sizing. AS this accumulation in
creases and decomposition follows it
is not necessary to describe the result.
What agency but soap can remove it?
Many good authorities declare that
water alone is sufficient, except at rare
intervals. There are oil-glands as we'll
us eEcretory ducts, and for no idle pur-
pose has nature produced these tiny
human oil-Wells. Injunction, or the
external use of oil has a recognized
place among the prescriptions of some
famous modern physicians. who in this
way, seek to restore that necessary
property of which the body has been
deprived by the excessive use of soap
or by disease. They claim that it
enables the patient to resist cold,
that It's nutritive qualities convey heat
to those organs which require it. that
it gives sense of exhilarating fresh
ness, and that it is not only soothing in
cases of nervousness and depression,
but is capable of strengthening weak
lungs. For this purpose almond-oil,
cOcoanut, olive oil or vaseline are
daily applied by the aid of vigorous
rubbing. To all such treatment and
in most cases where Injunction is not
required, the daily application of soap
is injurious.
What uncleanly habits" some one
exclaims. Not so. Plenty of soft wa
ter, coarse wash-rag, hand friction
and Il turkish towel, with soap applied
at rare intervals, and the skin should
retain the delicate smoothness of an
infant. Those milk-baths INDUCED in
by the ancient Roman emperors and
owed their emollient proper
ties to the oil contained in the milk
Every old nurse knows, too, that
weakly children are sometimes injured
by too frequent additions. Dry rub
bing is often the safest opiate for
nervous little one, answering many of
the purposes of soap.
An eminent physician and scientist
lately told me that he seldom used
soap. sit makes the skin dry, hard
and harsh, and renders me much more
liable to take cold through any changes
of the weather." said he. cat the
same time, no rule can be given for
the use of soap. Some persons Sc
crete oil much more readily than others,
and to such soap is more Of a necessity"
and he spoke much upon the desirable
ity of using a pure soap or none at all.
Hester IL Poole, IN Good Howsekeep-
inQ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Wales and America,

r The Prince of Wales is, perhaps, the
frmcst friend of America among the
English. He is man of the world,
more Partisan when in Paris than the
Parisians, but his open sympathy with
Americans is founded upon a shrewd
forecast OF the future. To one of his
suite, now resident in New York, the
Prince stated in plain terms that he
never expected to be King of England,
nor did he leave his interlocutor doubt
full as to whether he meant that his
mother would outlive him or that En-
gland was destined to become a re-
public. Another nail in the coffin of
the monarchy" he sententiously re-
marked when the engagement of the
Princess Louise to the Marquis al
Lorne was announced TO him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Could't Stand Both.

Gen. George A. Sheridan relates this
story, which he picked up in New
Orleans. A delegation of citizens of
that place visited President Lincoln
to beg him to remove Gen. Butler from
command there. The President lis
tened while they presented their thou
sand and one grievances and then
said: well, gentlemen, much as you
dislike Gen. Butter, at least he has
done one good thing for you, for by
his wise sanitary regulations he has
kept the yellow-fever out. One Of the
delegates, a creole, skipped before the
President, and replied, excitedly: Par
don Mistah President, pardon; it was
not Butler vat keeps re fevaire away
from the city; it was God, He still
have leetle mercy for our people.
He do not send Ben Butler and &c yell
low-fevaire re same season; no sare.
The President laughed heartily, but al
the same Gen. Butler was kept in COM
mand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Lincoln on the Declaration of indie
pendence.

In an installment of the Lincoln
History" published in the Century, an
account is given of the famous bred
Scott decision, with quotations from
Lincoin's and Douglass opinions on
that decision Lincoln incidentally
referred to the Declaration of indie
pendence in the following striking
language: Il think the authors of
that notable instrument intended to
include all men; but they did not in
tend to declare all men equal in all
respects. They did not mean to say
all were equal in color, size, intellect,
moral development, or social capacity.
They defined with tolerable distinct
ness in what respects they did con-
slider all men created equal-equal
with certain inalienabla rights, among
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness This they said, and
this they meant. They did not mean
to assert the obvious untruth that all
were then actually enjoying that equal
ity, nor yet that they were about to
confer it Immediately upon them. In
fact they had no power to confer such
boon. They meant simply to declare
the right, so that the enforcement of
it might follow as fast as circumstances
should permit. They lpeant to set up
standard maxim for free society,
which should be familiar to all, and
revered by all; constantly looked to,
constantly labored fpr, and even
though never perfectly attained, con-
stantly approximately and thereby
constantly spreading and deepening
its influence and augmenting tie
happiness and value of life to all peo-
pie of all colors everywhere. The
assertion that all men are created
equal was of no practical use in effect
ing our separation from Great Britain;
and it was placed in the Declaration,
not for that but for future use. It's
authors meant it to be as, thank God,
it is now proving itself, stumbling
block to all those who in after times
might seek to turn free people back
into the hateful paths of despotism.
They knew the proneness OF pros
perity to breed tyrants, and they
meant when such should reappear in
this fair land and commence their
vocation, they should find left for
them at least one hard mt to crack"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
How Fred Ward Robbed Mrs. Grant.

Most people have read that Ferdi-
nand Wards absorption of he assets
of the Grant family extended even to
a few hundred dollars worth of gold
keepsake coins which the general had
given to Mrs. Grant, but the Casual is
not aware that the precise circum-
stances under which they were grabbed
by the Unsuitable Ferdinand have ever
been narrated. 1t is the usage of
lHge corporations, whenever Il meet
ing of directors is held, to present
each director with S. gold piece or
its equivalent in crisp new bill
Gen. Grant was director in several
large concerns, and the gold pieces he
received were always given to his wife,
who kept them in vase resting on a
piece of furniture in the parlor. One
evening, when Ward was visiting,
somebody proposed a game of penny
ante for amusement. 1t suited the
mood of the party, but no counters
could be found. 1--WE shall have to
get buttons OF coffee beans or some
thing else" suggested the general.
Suddenly somebody thought of the
vase with nearly hundred So gold
pieces in it. Amid general laughter
the contents were emptied on the
table, and the party laughed merrily
at using solid gold counters in game
for penny stakes When the game
ceased Ward gathered the cleaning
coins toward him in heap and ex-
claimed: What o shame, Mrs Grant,
to have so much good money lying
idle! Let me have it and I will double
it for you" Realizing that her mode
of keeping the money was not the
safest, Mrs. Grant acquiesced - and
that was the last she ever saw of it
Mean TOrk GrGy,hic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
Sleep.

We sleep and dream. Who has not seen and
met
His hearts desire in that charmed palace
Sleep,
And Rugged the happiness he could not keep.
Or kissed an ideal he could never set
In place of waking facts? Thus, from the
fret
And toll of life, we enter. wandering deep
Through the long corridors, where dreams,
that steep
Our souls with giadness, vile us to forget
That they are dreams. Here In the sleeping
place
We come into the presence, face to face.
OF I0nglngS realZed here stretch our hands
10 touch some well-remembercd form of yore.
And speak the words we should have spoke
before
Our friends passed from us into distant lands,
Chambers Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21
TruHlbuii and the Stone-Throwers.

Senator Lafayette Foster of Connec-
ticut told story about Governor
Trumbull, of his state, who, on the oc-
casion Of grand riot. assembled
block and attempted by a speech to
quiet the people, when random mis-
sile, hitting him in the head, felled
him to the ground. He was badly
hurt, and as his friends were carrying
him into his house, his wife met him at
the door and exclaimed: why, my
husband. they have Knocked your
brains out" mo they haven't, said
the Governor. IF I'd had any brains
Ishouldn't have gone there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21

Baseball is one of the best-paying
of professions. There are probably AT
least twenty-five players in the Nation
al league who have hank accounts of
from $4,000 80 $50, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21

,J:res Gordon Bennett proposes to
place lis sisters son, young Bill. at
the head of the Herald when the boy
is grown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-21

D. o. Mills of New York, has given
about $50, 700 for the purpose OF erect
ing new building on the grounds OF
Bellevue Hospital, which viii be used
mainly as training-school FOR maze
nurses.